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Blackfriars: self-titled 'best kept secret in Glasgow'

The gastropub-cum-music venue offers one of the cheapest daily lunch deals in Merchant City. But is it a false economy?

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Spring Breakers »

Spring Breakers

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For fans of Harmony Korine’s films, the first segment of Spring Breakers may be slightly off-putting; a montage of topless glamour models and muscle-bound jocks bouncing about a prosiac sunny, sandy beach to drum and bass in youthful bliss, seemi...

Sun 21 Apr 2013 by Blair C Dingwall | Read more »

Bernie »

Bernie

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The question at the centre of Bernie — Richard Linklater's hilarious comedy that is finally getting a UK release — is how much you should be prepared to forgive someone just because they are a thoroughly nice person. It isn't a f...

Sat 20 Apr 2013 by Nathanael Smith | Read more »

A summer of cinema »

Wadjda

Summer is imminent, and while the sun may be inconsistent, the one thing you can rely on is a slate of exciting films over the holiday period. Yet this isn't a guide to big blockbusters: chances are you already have tickets booked to Star Trek Into Da...

Sat 20 Apr 2013 by Nathanael Smith | Read more »

Olympus Has Fallen »

Olympus

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Gerard Butler stars in this preposterous but ultimately enjoyable action-thriller as Mike Banning, an ex-Special Forces and former Secret Service agent. Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House when it comes under attack from a rogue North ...

Sat 20 Apr 2013 by Ross Miller | Read more »

Evil Dead »

Evil Dead

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There’s a moment in Evil Dead, a decisively pointless updating of Sam Raimi’s 1981 low-budget classic, when a character who has been taken over by a demon spews blood all over someone’s face for five seconds. It’s a disgusting m...

Sat 20 Apr 2013 by Ross Miller | Read more »

Trance »

McAvoy in Trance

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Hot off the heels of having the world in the palm of his hands with the Olympic opening ceremony last year, Danny Boyle delivers his first feature film since the harrowing 127 Hours. Trance is a bewitching puzzle of a thriller that’s off-kilter f...

Sat 30 Mar 2013 by Ross Miller | Read more »

Ban this sick filth! »

This is Not a Film

As the EUSA vs. The Student scandal begins to fade, and freedom deprived liberals are left to lick the wounds of damaged pride and a thwarted press, it's perhaps befitting to look at the role of censorship in cinema. It's more prevalent than might be e...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Nathanael Smith | Read more »

Beyond The Hills »

Beyond the Hills

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Romanian director Christian Mungiu's latest thriller is inspired by the true story of a woman who died after an attempted exorcism in a rural Romanian monastery. Beyond the Hills follows two women falling in love while growing up togethe...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Demelza Kooij | Read more »

The Paperboy »

Paperboy

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The Paperboy, selected for last year’s Cannes Film Festival, finally opens in UK cinemas glistening with sweat. A reporter returns to his hometown to investigate the hasty trial of a man (John Cusack) accused of murder and sentenced to death. Thi...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Charlotte Keeys | Read more »

Manufacturing a Movie in 24 Hours »

24 hr film

For reels of Edinburgh film-making enthusiasts, the last weekend in February presented the intense challenge of creating a short film entirely from scratch, all within the space of 24 hours. Held twice a year by the Edinburgh Movie Production Society ...

Sun 17 Mar 2013 by Signe Akmenkalne | Read more »

Documenting Scotland »

Nick Higgins at We Are Northern Lights premiere

A groundbreaking, collaborative Scottish documentary has begun touring the country, following plaudits at its Glasgow Film Festival premiere. We Are Northern Lights combines footage shot and submitted by 121 different co-directors from all corners of ...

Wed 06 Mar 2013 by Blair C Dingwall | Read more »

To The Wonder »

To The Wonder

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Over the space of just five films between 1973 and 2010, director Terrence Malick became famous for wistful, philosophical voice-overs, stunning shots of nature and loose narratives held together more by abstract ideas than plot. The vast chronologica...

Sun 03 Mar 2013 by Nathanael Smith | Read more »

Shell »

Shell

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Two people living in a remote wilderness, with only each other and the incessant howling wind for company; their lives given only temporary interest by passing cars that stop for petrol or repairs. Safe to say that Scott Graham's debut film Shell is h...

Sun 03 Mar 2013 by Nathanael Smith | Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival 2013: The Thieves »

The Thieves

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South Korean box office smash hit The Thieves will immediately draw comparisons, especially from Western audiences, to Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s series. This flashy heist story follows a group of diverse thieves who band together to pull ...

Fri 01 Mar 2013 by Ross Miller | Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival 2013: The Bay »

Barry Levinson's The Bay

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Yet another addition to the found footage genre, The Bay had the potential to be a tiresome and predictable affair because of how overused the style has become in recent years. However, it’s actually a relatively well made and surprisingly enjoya...

Fri 01 Mar 2013 by Ross Miller | Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival 2013: The Lords of Salem »

Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem

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Rob Zombie has spent his film career making grubby, uncomfortable and sometimes downright nasty films with the likes of House of 1000 Corpses, The Devils Rejects and his two awful Halloween reimaginings. Now he’s back with The Lords of Salem, per...

Fri 01 Mar 2013 by Ross Miller | Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival 2013: Byzantium »

Neil Jordan's Byzantium

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Byzantium sees legendary director Neil Jordan return to the world of Gothic vampirism for the first time since 1994's Interview with the Vampire. From a script written by Moira Buffini adapted from her play, the plot focuses on 200-plus-year-old mother...

Fri 01 Mar 2013 by Ross Miller | Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival 2013: Banaz: A Love Story »

Banaz: A Love Story

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Banaz: A Love Story is a documentary about the honour killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young Kurdish woman forced into an abusive marriage, a hopeful love affair and the psychological fear months before her death. The documentary chronicles the story as well...

Fri 01 Mar 2013 by Connor Macgregor | Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival 2013: The Place Beyond the Pines »

Pines

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It would be easy to take a glance at Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines and assume it’s an empty-headed attempt to exploit Ryan Gosling’s peaking status as a bankable, cool actor, but this assumption couldn’t be furth...

Mon 25 Feb 2013 by Blair C Dingwall | Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival 2013: Cloud Atlas »

Cloud Atlas

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A slaver must overcome poisoning and his own prejudice as he contemplates aiding a slave to freedom in the 1800s. In 1930's Britain, a brilliant musician – in love with another man – helps an ageing composer write his final masterpiece...

Mon 25 Feb 2013 by Blair C Dingwall | Read more »

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